Bill Text: NY A06458 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Creates the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and a tax reform study commission.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - print number 6458a [A06458 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06458-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         6458--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 25, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT, CAHILL, GUNTHER, GALEF, JAFFEE,
          ROSENTHAL, COLTON, COOK, SCHIMEL, HOOPER, SKARTADOS -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.   BARCLAY,  CROUCH,  DUPREY,  GIGLIO,  LUPARDO,  MAGEE,
          PERRY, RAIA, TENNEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to creating the middle class
          circuit breaker tax credit and creating a tax reform study commission
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  606  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new
     2  subsection (ccc) to read as follows:
     3    (ccc) Middle class circuit breaker credit. (1)  Definitions.  For  the
     4  purposes of this subsection:
     5    (A)  "Qualified taxpayer" means a resident individual of the state who
     6  owns or rents the residential real property in which he or she  resides,
     7  and has resided in such residential real property for not less than five
     8  years.
     9    (B)  "Household"  or  "members  of  the  household"  means a qualified
    10  taxpayer or qualified taxpayers and all other persons,  not  necessarily
    11  related,  who  all  reside in the residential real property owned by the
    12  taxpayer or taxpayers, and share its furnishings, facilities and  accom-
    13  modations;  provided  that  no  person  may be a member of more than one
    14  household at one time.
    15    (C) "Household gross income" means the aggregate adjusted gross income
    16  of all members of the household for the taxable  year  as  reported  for
    17  federal  income  tax  purposes,  or  which would be reported as adjusted
    18  gross income if a federal income tax return were required to  be  filed,
    19  with  the  modifications in subsection (b) of section six hundred twelve
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05460-03-6
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